Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1887-01-22

call the roll of his slaves at the foot Of
Bunker Hill, he would have been foolish.
for he might have known that whenever
slavery became entangled in war ii must
perish, and that the chattel in human
flesh ended forever in New England when
your fathers-not TO be blamed for parting
with what didn't pay-sold their slaves to
our fathers-not to be praised for know
ing paying thing when they saw II.
! Laughter The relations of the South
ern people with the negro are close and
cordial We remember with what fidel
i,y for four years he guarded our defense
\ less women and children, whose hus-
bands and fathers were fighting against
his freedom. To his eternal credit be IL
said that whenever he struck a blow for
mis- own liberty he fought in open battle,
and when at last he raised his black and
humble hands that the shackles might be
struck off. those hands were innocent OF
wrong against his helpless charges, and
worthy to be taken in loving grasp by
every man who honors loyalty and devo'
ton Applause Ruflians have NAL
treated him. rascals have misled him.
! philanthropists established bank for
him, but the South, with the North. pro-
test against injustice to this simple and
sincere people To liberty and enfran-
! ch'sement is AS far as law can carry the
negro. The rest must be left to con.
| science and common sense. lt should be
! left to those among whom his lot is cast.
with whom he is indissolubly connected
and whose prosperity depends upon their
possessing his Intelligent sympathy and
confidence, Faith has been kept with
him in spite of calumnious assertions to
/ the contrary, by those who assume to
speak for Us or by frank opponents.
! Faith will be Kept with him in the fu
/ ture, if the South holds her reason and
integrity Applause
THE SOUTH HAS KEPT FAITH.
cannot hope TO report the charming
run of humorous illusions and anecdotes
with which Mr. Grady kept his audience
laughing when they were not cheering.
So proceed to his preoration, which was
elegant and effective, and which is pretty
accurately reported as follows. The
speaker said;
But have we kept faith with your Ia
the fullest sense, yes. When Lee sur
rendered. don't say when johnson
surrendered. because ! understand that
he still aludes to the time when he met
Gen Sherman last as the time when he
determined TO abandon any further
prosecution of the struggle e'-when Lee
surrendered. say and Johnson quit, the
South became. and has since been loyal
to this Union. We fought hard enough
TO know that we were whipped, and in
perfect frankness accepted as final the
arbitrament of the sword TO which we
had appealed. The South found her
Jewel in the toad's head of defeat The
shackles that had held her in narrow
limitations fell forever when the shackles |
of the negro slave were broken, Ap- |
pause. Under the old regime the ne |
groes were slaves to the South, the South |
was a slave to the system. The planta |
ton with its simple police regulation |
and its feudal habit, was the only type |
possible under slavery. Thus was gath |
cred in the hands of a splendid and |
chivalric oligarchy the substance that |
should have been difIused among the |
people, as the rich blood, under certain |
artificial conditions. is gathered at the |
heart, filling that with afiiuent rapture |
but leaving the body chill and colorless |
lApplause.
HC blI pOutn Ithltu tNCi lHlIS
slavery and agriculture; unconscious that |
these would neither give nor maintain |
healthy growth The new South pre-
sents perfect democracy, the ohgarchs |
leading in the popular movement-a |
social system compact and closely |
knitted, less splendid on the surface but |
stronger at the core-a hundred farms for
every plantation, fifty homes for every
"A Ii tHal 4 Al.
meets the complex needs of this complex |
age
The new South is enamored of her new
work Her soul is stirred with the breath
OF new life. The light of grander
day is falling fair on her face. She is
with the consciousness of grow
ing power and prosperity. AS she stands
upright, full slatured and equal among |
the people of the earth, breathing the
keen air and looking out upon the ex-
panding horizon, she understands that
her emancipation came because in the In
scrutabe wisdom of God her honest pur
pose was crossed and her brave armies
were beaten. IApplause
This is said in no spirit of time SERVING
or apology The South has nothing fol
which to apologize. She believes thai
the late struggle between the States was
war and not rebellion revolution and not
and that her convictions were
as honest as yours. | should be unjust
to the dauntless spirits of the South and
to my own convictions If did not make
this plain in this presence. The South !
had nothing TO take back In my nat;-so
Town of Athens is monument that
crowns its central hill-a plain, white
shaft Deep cut into its shining side is q
name dear to me above the names of men,
HAT of brave and simple man who died
N brave and simple faith. Not for al
he glories of New England, from Ply.
mouth Rock all the way, would | ex-
hang the heritege he left me in his sol
Tiers death To the foot Of that shaft
hall send my children's children 10 rev